Sir William de Bernake Knight

~The Ancestor, Vol. VII, p. 3, Sir William Bernak, husband of Alice, daughter of Robert de Driby and Joan de Tattershall, had a brother named Gilbert. Their father was Sir Hugh Bernak and mother was Maud, daughter and coheir of Sir William de Woodthorpe. 1028

Information about this person:

• Background Information. 821William de Bernake of Buckenham, Besthorpe, Hethersett, Norfolk was married to Alice, daugher of Robert de Driby.

~ Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 366

• Background Information. 1029Sir William Bernak, of Hethersett, Knt. died 6 Apr 1339 (and was buried at Hethersett) seised of the third parts of Wymonham and Buckenham manors, and the third part of Plassinghall or Plassets, in Attleburgh and Besthorpe, married to Alice de Dryby, daughter and sole heir of Sir Robert de Dryby and Joan de Tateshall.

~Memorials of the Parochial Church, the Collegiate Chantry, and the Chapel of St. Mary, Dryby Pedigree, p. 182

William married Alice de Dryby, daughter of Robert de Dryby and Joan Tateshal Baroness 814.,821 (Alice de Dryby was born about 1283 in Wokefield, Bershire, England, died on 12 Apr 1341 in Tatterford, Norfolk, England 1029 and was buried in Hethersett, Norfolk, England 1029.)